1 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: Here comes Cubs closer Donielle Palencia. Should we play Gasolina? 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: To introduce Donielle? 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 2: How are you doing right? 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 3: On right? 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: How is everything? How's the season going for you? 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 4: Oh? 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 5: You know, just just hobby phone, you know, like right now, 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 5: it's just trying to be a key having phone playing baseball? 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 6: Just that. 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 3: What does that mean? 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 7: On? 12 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 3: Hold up? 13 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 7: No, before we get into any any baseball stuff. I 14 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 7: just got asked. He's listed on on everything at five ten, 15 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 7: five eleven, one hundred and sixty pounds. No way that 16 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 7: he weighed one hundred sixty pounds. Okay, no way, no 17 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 7: weigh one hundred and sixty. 18 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 4: That was a long time ago, like they never changing. 19 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 4: I'm still there. I don't know why, but what I 20 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 4: was really excuty, I'm I'm miss twenty. 21 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 7: So oh okay, okay, good good Now in Chicago, one 22 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 7: hundred and sixty pounds, man, I could give him like 23 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 7: fifty steakhouses. 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: You could go to that. I'll put twenty pounds on. 25 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: Him, easy deep this pizza for a night and you're 26 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: already at one seventy yeah, true? 27 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 2: What do you got? Crats ahead? 28 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 3: Now? 29 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 6: I was just gonna say, what is fun? Like you said, 30 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 6: I'm just having fun. Was there a time when you 31 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 6: weren't having fun playing baseball? Like or what is or 32 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 6: what does that mean for you? Like you're like, yo, 33 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 6: you know, I just come to a ballpark and do this. 34 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 5: I mean last year it was kind of hard for 35 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 5: me because you know, it was like up and down, 36 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 5: and in some point of my career, I was like 37 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 5: I was not having fun, you know, like I pooked 38 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 5: too much pressure on me. Like that happened to me 39 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 5: a lot, Like I want to do my my stuff good. 40 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 5: I want to pitch well. I want to do my job. 41 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 5: But you know, like I was going through the field 42 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 5: and I was like, oh and here again, like just 43 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 5: another day, just paying to pass away. But right now, 44 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 5: like I said, you know, this is my ring. This 45 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 5: is my ring since I was a key. So right now, 46 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 5: it's just that you know, like when I was twelve 47 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 5: years old and I got my practice at two o'club, 48 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 5: I was rightly at twelve. So right now, I just 49 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 5: trained to be that You're not like that key who 50 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 5: lostch played baseball and that's it. 51 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 6: When you were going up and down, when you when 52 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 6: you were going up and down because a lot of 53 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 6: guys I mean, aj was a two time All Star. 54 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 6: He went up and down from the big leagues to 55 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 6: the minor leagues. What kind of advice? And I know, 56 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 6: I get it, you're only twenty five, so you're not 57 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 6: like a veteran. But what can you tell guys, because 58 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 6: you know you were sitting there last year, Like, if 59 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 6: you throw three innings, they're gonna be like whether they're 60 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 6: good or bad, you're probably going down to Iowa. If 61 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 6: someone else throws three innings and you're not available the 62 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 6: next day, you're probably going down to Iowa. 63 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 3: What can you tell those kids? Because this is the 64 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 3: real thing. 65 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, Like I mean, it's hard, it's a heart process, 66 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 5: but you have to enjoy, you know, enjoying the journey 67 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 5: and that's gonna happen. If you got option, you have 68 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 5: to know, like that's gonna happen. And like, like I said, 69 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 5: just trying to enjoin your time there, Like it's just 70 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 5: it's hard, Like it's a hard process, but you have 71 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 5: to be confident yourself and you know like you can 72 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 5: do it and you can stay there. And just trying 73 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 5: to be mentally strong because like I think that's the 74 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 5: hardest part because sometimes for me, I was thinking like okay, 75 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 5: and sucks like why they sent me down so many times? 76 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 5: But you know, like I said, it's just trying to 77 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 5: be mentally strong and talk to yourself and say, hey, okay, 78 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 5: I'm good. 79 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 4: This this is just baseball. 80 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 5: This is a business and it can't happen like you know, 81 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 5: it's I think it's just that, like it's a hard process. 82 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 5: You have to be people around like who you can talk, 83 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 5: you can express your feelings like you know it was. 84 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 5: I know it's a hard process. But you know, like 85 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 5: I think a lot of just going through that and 86 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 5: you know, it just depends on you. 87 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 7: Hey, you're from Venezuela. Most of the Venezuelan guys signed 88 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 7: at sixteen. Why did you not sign until you were twenty? 89 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 7: What did they miss? Did someone not see you? Why 90 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 7: did you not sign until. 91 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 3: You were twenty? 92 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 5: Uh? 93 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 4: I was really skinny, and I always been throwing her 94 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 4: like I'm a sixteen I was throwing like nineteen ninety one. 95 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 5: But I was using like these big glasses because my 96 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 5: eyes they are not good. So the scouts they don't 97 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: want me like they saw like a great picture, but 98 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 5: they just saw like the skinny guy with big glasses. 99 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 5: Like he's never gonna do it. I remember one scout 100 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 5: from Detroit. He told me like, hey, you're not gonna 101 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 5: You're never gonna throw harder than night. 102 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 4: So just trying to do another team, and you know, 103 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 4: I went to the yards eighteens. I wore hard like 104 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 4: I wor. 105 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 5: I got retired. At some point in my life, I 106 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: started working in a food truck and then like I saw, 107 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 5: I saw a friend from my town. He sided with 108 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 5: the giants, like he was like my really close friend, 109 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 5: like we always been in practice together. I was watching 110 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 5: that like come on, I was better than that guy, 111 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 5: Like I know I can be better. So that that 112 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 5: helped me a lot. I done motivate me, and I 113 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 5: started to play baseball again, like throwing long toes and 114 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 5: like you know, like just for just for go to practice. 115 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 3: And then. 116 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 4: I come back to Venezuela. 117 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 5: I got some friends there, like my coach there is 118 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 5: like my dad, and he started to help me a lot, 119 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 5: like hey try again, like you don't have nothing to lose. 120 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 4: I was like, I mean, yeah, you're right. 121 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 5: So we start to work together again, like go to 122 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 5: the GM and go to the track and all the stuff. 123 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 4: Go swimming and. 124 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 5: I mean, I think that the hard work payoffs, you know, 125 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 5: like we never gave out, like we were really hard. 126 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 5: All my trainers in Venezuela, they are really go with me, 127 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 5: like they they way call like six am to pick 128 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 5: up my house and go to the field, go to 129 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 5: the track and all the stuff. Like I think it's 130 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 5: just that like at sixteen, you know, what's the moment, 131 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 5: Like probably right now I was a big working and 132 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 5: in an other country in the it was the better 133 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 5: for moment. I'm at twenties because I was more mature 134 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 5: and I can. 135 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 4: Gay more, like you know, like just you know how 136 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 4: in that point you know how much you're gonna lose. 137 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 4: So I think it was that like it just it 138 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 4: was the better for moment. 139 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: Dies Okay, Krats, I opened up Arena club, put my 140 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 2: own money in there, and I wasn't gonna go big. 141 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 3: I know. 142 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 2: We went over the Ruby pack a week ago. This 143 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: time I just went for the low level pack where 144 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 2: it's an easy entry point twenty five bucks. You can 145 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: get yourself a big boy card. The grail has many 146 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 2: good options. I slice open the pack. We're looking at 147 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 2: it if you're watching us right now, and I pull 148 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: a card from the nineteen fifties. Super cool. I enjoyed 149 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 2: the experience looking at it. It's Jim Gilliam, it's the 150 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 2: top set from the mid fifties. It's cool. It's a 151 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: Brooklyn Dodger. But it's worth more than the card. Like 152 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 2: I said, I'm gonna sell it back. I got twenty 153 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: eight bucks instantly, so I can buy another one of 154 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 2: those packs and try and get what I want. 155 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 6: Absolutely, the excitement I heard Kip say before. The excitement's 156 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 6: in the chase. You sold it back. Now you get 157 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 6: to open another one. I enjoy when you slide it 158 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 6: across the screen there and the pack opens. 159 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 2: You know where to go. Arenaclub dot com slash foul 160 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: twenty percent off your first lab packer card purchase. 161 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 3: Get after it you and from braveldas you and from 162 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 3: bravel does right sign late. 163 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 7: That's awesome. That is that is the stories that we 164 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 7: like to hear because don't ever give up. You never 165 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 7: know aircrafts. He can talk about that because he was 166 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 7: a lot late round draft pick got to the big 167 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 7: leagues later on in his life. So that those are 168 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 7: the stories that people love to hear. And that's amazing 169 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 7: that you didn't give up. You stuck with it and 170 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 7: you found a way and now you're in the big leagues. 171 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 7: But five years later, So kudos to you and all 172 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 7: the people. 173 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: That helped you. 174 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 4: I got a lot of people we have me like 175 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 4: my mom and my dad. 176 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 5: They they wore how like Mike, he always wait up 177 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,599 Speaker 5: like Fayai and to make my breakfast to go to 178 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 5: the field. And my mom he always worked hard to 179 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 5: to give me money to go to the field too, 180 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 5: like my coaches in Venezuela, like Jimmy, like I said, 181 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 5: he was like my dad, like. 182 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 4: A lot of guy. 183 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 5: Like I got a friend too, Like we used to 184 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 5: go with practice together and he was like my competition. 185 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,599 Speaker 5: Like we both got sixteen. He was throwing ninety, I 186 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 5: was throwing eighty eight. And he was stronger, he run 187 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 5: more faster than me. So we always be like there, 188 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 5: like competing in each other. And at some point I 189 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 5: was like, one day gonna be better than hang than. 190 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 3: It. 191 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 5: Just we became brothers, like he's my brother now like 192 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 5: his right hair. He was hearing my debut and like 193 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 5: we're always doing stuff together. And my coach, my my 194 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 5: personal trainer in Venezuela, Chapin is a que one guy 195 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 5: we called Cheping, and he's like like an old school trainer, 196 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 5: Like he put me to the wrong track, like he said, 197 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 5: like peaching and round tracks almost the same thing, Like 198 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 5: you have to be faster and you have to be strong. 199 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 5: So he helped me a lot, Like I guess some 200 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 5: guys there like I really appreciate for my all my career. 201 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 5: I'm never gonna say thank you too much. They are 202 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 5: great guys. 203 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 6: Do the clubs allow you to work out like that? 204 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 6: Well you said, you know, the old school stuff, like 205 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 6: that's how you got to be able to throw one 206 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 6: hundred miles an hour. Are the cubs like no, no, 207 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 6: we want you to lift like the way we want 208 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 6: you to lift. Or do they allow you to lift 209 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 6: strong and for speed like you said, you're cha makes 210 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 6: you chappin? 211 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean the first moment they don't like it 212 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 5: because I mean I was doing some pretty casey stuff 213 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 5: like normally the people don't do that. But it works 214 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 5: for me, you know, so at some point I say, hey, 215 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 5: this is what it works for me. Like I like 216 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 5: to work hard, I like to throw long toes, I 217 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 5: like to to get stronger. 218 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 3: I like to be fast. 219 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 4: So sometimet I just say, like, let me be me, 220 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 4: just that, let me be me and trust me, and 221 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 4: I got. I got this. 222 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, so sorry, I got I gotta hit this again here. 223 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 6: I played with the rod as Chapman played against him 224 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 6: for a while. Obviously he's probably one of the best 225 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 6: closes of our generation. He does exactly that. I'm not 226 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 6: telling you how to work out. I'm not telling you 227 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 6: just tell the Cubs. 228 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 7: No. 229 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 6: But there is no picture that I've ever played with 230 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 6: or played against that is bigger, stronger, faster than Eroaldus Chapman. 231 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 6: So are you faster than pc A Nico. 232 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: Or Ian happ Uh? 233 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 4: Pc A chans Nico. I don't know, maybe half maybe 234 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 4: grown you're not. Yeah, maybe half maybe, I don't know. 235 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 4: But I can grow. 236 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 5: I know I can grow like I used to rown. 237 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 5: I used to run like the four hundred meters and 238 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 5: you know, I always loved it wrong because that's the 239 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 5: way I can go up. 240 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 1: You know. 241 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 4: I like I like that way. 242 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 3: I like it. 243 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 4: I like it. 244 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 3: I hate to run by the way. I absolutely hate 245 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 3: to run. So you have you have that ahead of me. 246 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 7: Okay, But I know what I want to know is 247 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 7: when they became when you became the closer, the closer, 248 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 7: what was that like? 249 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 3: And then what's the difference in closing out the night? Then? 250 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 7: And then I am not a Cubs fan. So then 251 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 7: you after you get the third out, you gotta hear 252 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 7: that dumb song? 253 00:12:58,480 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 5: Do you do? 254 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 3: You cover your ears when they play that song? 255 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 2: You have to give the context and why you knows 256 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: I play for. 257 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 3: The white song, So I don't like that. So when 258 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 3: they play that song, do you no? You know? 259 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 5: Like in my debut the Closer, it was Arber Ashlai, 260 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 5: And since I came to the big he was like 261 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 5: my big brother. Like I was watching that guy close 262 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 5: against I was like, I want to be like hang 263 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 5: like he's Venezuelan too. And he was helping me a lot, 264 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 5: like how to rest, Like he take me to dinner. 265 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 5: He talked to me, giving me advice all the time. 266 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 5: So at some point I was telling, hey, I'm gonna 267 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 5: come for you. 268 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 4: I want to be the closer. 269 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 3: This year. 270 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 4: We'll be talking a lot too, Like he texted me 271 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 4: every day. 272 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 5: About like just be confident, you said, I nobody can 273 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 5: do that, and just try to throw the ball in 274 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 5: the middle like you throw und you try so throw 275 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 5: the first wall in the Miliana said, like it's not easy. 276 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 5: He hundred and like right now, like boy guys like 277 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 5: Bryan Presley, they helped me a lot too, with all 278 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 5: the mindset you know, like you know that. 279 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 4: In the evening, just one swing can change everything. 280 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 5: So right now everything is about confidence and talking to 281 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 5: myself about and the guy I got this, I can 282 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 5: do this, like that can beat me, like it's just me. 283 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 4: I guess us. 284 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 3: I like it. I like it all right. 285 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 7: Who is your favorite player growing up? Which Venezuelan was 286 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 7: your favorite player growing up Venezuelan? 287 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: Uh? 288 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, Like I used to watch a lot of Franciscos 289 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 5: Uh me obviously, Uh guys like to Felix and Carlos 290 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 5: and Brano, Like I love that guy, like I love 291 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 5: the way like his patient, Like I love the way 292 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 5: like he pitched her all the time. I remember I 293 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 5: watched that guy in Venezuela and Winter Bowl and he 294 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 5: was a great guy. I remember in Whatareya in Venezuela 295 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 5: he was there. I was throwing like ninety six ninety 296 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 5: five and he was telling me through the scout, like 297 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 5: what do you think he's side? 298 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 4: That guy? Like he's throwing hard than me at that age, 299 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 4: So just do it. And that's stay in my mind. 300 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 4: Like if a guy like that is telling that, like 301 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 4: I can do this, I got it. 302 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 7: I like it. 303 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 3: I like it. 304 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 7: But you forgot somebody and they live in Chicago and 305 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 7: they have a microphone. His name is Ozzie gian So 306 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 7: he's gonna see this clip and next time you see Ozzie, 307 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 7: he's gonna yell at. 308 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 3: You for not saying that he was one of his 309 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 3: favorite players. 310 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 7: So I don't know if you know Ozzie or not, 311 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 7: but Ozzie will see this and he will get angry 312 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 7: at you. 313 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 3: So just the heads up old for him. 314 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, but still Ozzie thinks every Venezuelan that come up 315 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 7: through the every league Ozzie Gean was his their favorite player. 316 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 7: No matter if it's now fifty years ago before Ozzie 317 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 7: played in the big leagues or one hundred and fifty 318 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 7: years from now and no one knows Ozzie is, he 319 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 7: still thinks that every ven as well. 320 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 3: I guy thinks Ozzie Gean is the best player. 321 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 2: Nope, nope, no for his time. 322 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 3: Do you know have you met Ozzie? Have you met Ozzie. 323 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 4: Not really no, not really. 324 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 3: Good. Keep it that way. That's good. To keep it 325 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 3: that way, that's good. 326 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 2: Stay on the north side. 327 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 4: Go No. I play against Hanging last year winter ball, 328 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 4: but I never I never made it. 329 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 6: Oh okay, yeah, How excited are you to be able 330 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 6: to be the closer for the WBC team? 331 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 3: Uh? 332 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 4: Very exciting? 333 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 3: You know. 334 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 5: For me, it's how elinor like put that uniform. Like 335 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 5: it's just I just hope to get a chance to 336 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 5: play for the team Venezuela. 337 00:16:59,120 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 3: You know. 338 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 5: But we got great grocers too, like like I he's 339 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 5: the I mean, he's my goal right now. So I'm 340 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 5: just happy to be there. If they gave me the 341 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 5: opportunity to be there, I'm gonna be so happy. Like 342 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 5: I'm just gonna do my best stuff to try to 343 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 5: win that championship. 344 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 3: All right. 345 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 6: We read something the fact that you lost fifteen pounds 346 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 6: before the season. 347 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 3: You came in. 348 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 6: You're physically in better shape. Everyone hears, fifteen pounds, best 349 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 6: shape of my life, all that stuff. You're doing a 350 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 6: great job this year, so it's showing that it's helping 351 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 6: out what was the hardest food for you to give 352 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 6: up when you had to lose fifteen pounds, because everybody 353 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 6: hears the fifteen pounds and they're. 354 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 3: Like, wow, he's doing good. But what was the one 355 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: food that. 356 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 6: You're like, I just want some arepas. 357 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 5: Something I get all I love, like their eyes, the 358 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 5: hot dogs, the venezuela and Holt dogs like I used 359 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 5: to bear allow, the like the cachapas, all the hamburgers, 360 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 5: like I had to say thank you to my mom 361 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 5: and my girlfriend, like they always. 362 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 4: Trying to make good food for me, like always I 363 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 4: came to practice. 364 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 5: From the practice, sorry they are My food was ready 365 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 5: and they always trying to be healthy food. 366 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 4: So I had to say thank you to them. 367 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 2: All right, last one for you on my side. You're 368 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 2: in the thick of a playoff race. 369 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: Rights are in a good position right now to crack 370 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: a postseason spot. I had a huge, huge doubleheader win 371 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: over the Brewers yesterday. What did you know about Milwaukee, 372 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: you know heading into this series and the way that 373 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: they had been playing, and how crucial was it for 374 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: the team to pick up back to back wins yesterday? 375 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 4: The Brewer's day hard team. I'm not gonna lie like 376 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 4: they are pretty good. 377 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 3: Like they are. 378 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 5: They are doing the little stuff of baseball. I think 379 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 5: that's that why that's why they are winning so much. 380 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 5: But you know, we got a great thing. Like since 381 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 5: the first game, I was ready to be to beat 382 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,239 Speaker 5: those guys like that was my mindset, like I can 383 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 5: let this guy big me, like when I be in 384 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 5: the playoffs. You know, like some days ago I was 385 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 5: talking with you and and he told me, like, bro, 386 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 5: I've been watching you like since twenty three so I know. 387 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 4: I know you are a really good pitch. I know 388 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 4: you throw hard. It's just like you have to come down. 389 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 5: Yourself when because when you get a walk, you sometimes 390 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 5: just pretty odd too much. 391 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 4: So ah, right now I think we are a really 392 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 4: good team, like we are chasing the worst. 393 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 5: Is like that's the goal for for all the years 394 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 5: and right now just trying to be to be there 395 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 5: for the team and held the team all this guy 396 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 5: they always have my bar, like they always telling me that. 397 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 5: So I want to be there for how the team 398 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 5: and every week, you know, just being there and and 399 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 5: have phone you know. 400 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 7: Okay, the last thing, do you have anything to say 401 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 7: that would you say Tiger scout that said you could 402 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 7: have pitched the big leagues? Do you have any do 403 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 7: you ever see him now and do you ever see anything? 404 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 2: Like ha ha I. 405 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 5: I saw again, but I would love to watch that 406 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 5: guy and and by dinner like thank you, Like that 407 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 5: helped me a lot. 408 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 4: Like when he told me you're not gonna never throw 409 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 4: more than I, I. 410 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 5: Was like, come on, it's just you can priticize the 411 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 5: future teachers, like you know what I had to do 412 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 5: to work every time, Like the people doesn't know how 413 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 5: how I love I am this game, Like I really 414 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 5: can die for this game, like this is my life, 415 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 5: Like I really love this game. I can play every 416 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 5: day like I just like I said, it's just trying 417 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 5: to be a key having fun, like I love this 418 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 5: game like I'm leaving my ring I chose and. 419 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 2: That that's great answer. 420 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 3: I love it. 421 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 2: Donielle. This was a great conversation. I hope you enjoyed it. 422 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: And just so you know now, your story as you, 423 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: as you are well aware, motivates others. That's why we 424 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: love doing these kind of conversations. We talked to you 425 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 1: more players in the game than any other platform out there, 426 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: So thanks for sharing your story. 427 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: Really good stuff. Great to meet you on here for 428 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 2: the first time, and good luck. We'll be watching. 429 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 4: Thank you. 430 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: I did want to recap that conversation. I thought that 431 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: was really good and that's the kind of reply that 432 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: fans live for. At the end, I will die for 433 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: this game. I love this game. Hey, it's the anti 434 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: Anthony rendon't answer it is. Red's like, you know, I 435 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: don't care. This is one of a million things. This 436 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: is not the main focus of life for Donielle. He's like, no, 437 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: this is this is who I am. My identity is 438 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: this game right now. So that stuff resonates. 439 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 3: That was a great story about how he That's why 440 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 3: I wanted to know why he didn't sign until he 441 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 3: was twenty. And the guy said, you'll never throw over ninety. 442 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 3: Now it does one hundred. And he doesn't weigh one 443 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 3: hundred and sixty either, by the way. 444 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean the fact that he then said, you know, 445 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 7: then he had to lose pound, so he doesn't weigh 446 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 7: one hundred and sixty. 447 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 3: But it's funny that it's five to eleven one sixty. 448 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 2: That's good ship though. 449 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 3: That's great guy. It's a great interview. 450 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 2: You're not going to throw over ninety, He's like a few, 451 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: I'm going to throw one hundred. 452 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 3: He wouldn't work. What do you say. 453 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 2: He was working at a food food truck, food truck. 454 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 3: Dominican, the Dominican, Yep, he's from Venezuela. I didn't think 455 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 3: that was a left I thought those guys were like enemies.